FC: Anonymous remailer operators start to take remailers offline

[Greg Broiles]

While it's understandable that people want to avoid being swept up in 
hysterical backlashes against people involved in this morning's terrorist 
activity, it's worth remembering - especially for people interested in 
aiding law enforcement - that a lot of investigations begin and move 
forward with anonymous tips which are later corroborated by witnesses 
willing to testify. Given the clear indifference for human life shown by 
the terrorists, the ordinary witness-protection steps taken by law 
enforcement may not be comforting enough to allow aiders and abettors of 
this morning's actions to report their knowledge with confidence - so it 
may be more important than ever that the remailers continue to operate.

Given that, does anyone have any tips for compiling the current Mixmaster 
release under FreeBSD or OpenBSD? The make fails for me on both platforms - 
it looks like a failure related to the recent integration of OpenSSL into 
the standard BSD distributions, which I've been unable to remedy thus far.

At 01:17 PM 9/11/2001 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote:

>Status:  U
>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:42:22 -0400
>To: politech at politechbot.com
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
>Subject: FC: Anonymous remailer operators start to take remailers offline
>Sender: owner-politech at politechbot.com
>Reply-To: declan at well.com
>
>[From a remailer operators mailing list. The discussion arose in response
>to the attacks. --Declan]
>
>********
>
>From: Len Sassaman <rabbi at quickie.net>
>Subject: status of randseed
>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:40:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Randseed's been taken offline, as a precautionary measure. All mail
>currently destined for randseed will be bounced.
>
>We'll be back online at sometime in the future
>
>********
>
>From: "J.Francois" <frenchie at magusnet.com>
>Subject: Opinions on Operations due to bombings.
>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:46:37 -0700
>Organization: MagusNet, Inc. Design * Develop * Integrate
>
>I no longer run an anon remailer but I still operate a public proxy.
>
>By now everyone is aware of the bombings here in the USA.
>
>So, do we suspend anon communications channels during the crises or do we stay
>operational.
>
>Opinions?
>--
>Jean Francois - JLF Sends...
>Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli,
>"I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some
>vile disease". Disraeli replied, "That all depends, Sir, upon
>whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."
>
>********
>
>From: Len Sassaman <rabbi at quickie.net>
>Subject: Re: Opinions on Operations due to bombings.
>To: <jlf at magusnet.com>
>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:23:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I'm not concerned that the remailer network is, was, or will be used by
>the actual terrorists. What concerns me is the assholes who will
>inevitably send bogus threats, tips, and other noise to various news
>groups, federal offices, and officials.
>
>I don't want to get caught in the middle of this. I'm sorry. I'm currently
>unemployed and don't have the resources to defend myself. At this point
>in time, a free-speech argument will not gain much sympathy with the feds,
>judges, and general public.
>
>And investigators don't need more noise to sort through. They'll have
>enough as it is.
>
>I'd like to see remailers continue operating. But this needs to settle.
>I may put mine into middle, mix only mode if I feel up to it..
>
>********

--
Greg Broiles
gbroiles at well.com
"We have found and closed the thing you watch us with." -- New Delhi street kids